Unnecessary Knowledge on 4ZZZ

07/10/2025

Many thanks to Jim White for the chat this morning.
Drop D tuning is the gateway to guitar learning.

08/10/2025
Radium Dolls - Golden Boy
Ghost College - Devices
Citizen Rat - Fry (feat. Polly Cooke)
Talk Heavy - Wedding Bands
DZ Deathrays - Real Love
Sourpuss - Coolest Girl
Sun Run - Gutted
88 Tokamak - triangle=triangle
The Media - On And On
Snowy Band - Shortchanged
Palm Springs - Clay Object
Gregory - Cut Your Hand
The Lemonheads - Into Your Arms
Su***de - Rocket USA
Screensaver - Context Is Everything
Regurgitator - If This Is The Blues Why Do I Feel So Green?
Rage Against The Machine - Born Of A Broken Man
Special Features - Che Guevara T-Shirt
Granddaughter - Teeth
Grinspoon - Repeat
People Mover - Scratch
Ancient Channels - Looking Glass
The Double Happiness - Arrivederci
Deftones - I Think About You All The Time
Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are
Platonic S*x - Fever Dream
Geese - Getting Killed
Ed Kuepper with Jim White - The 16 Days
Guided By Voices - Glad Girls
The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy
The Deep Sigh - Like A Desert Wind
Al Malcott - All Night
Pavement - Shady Lane

17/09/2025

Martin Scorsese makes the best films...

17/09/2025
Feeding Fauna - House Party
Shugorei - Past Life
The Deep Sigh - Come Back Home
Selve - Willem Dafoe
The Media - An Event, Perhaps
The Meanies - Shutdown
Cosmic Psychos - I Like Beer
LEAKER - Old Dog
The Breeders - German Studies
AdelePickvance - German On My Mind
Big League - Neverlandfill
The Apartments - A Handful Of Tomorrow
The Empty Threats - The One
The Belair Lip Bombs - Don't Let Them Tell You (It's Fair)
The Beths - Take
Wiles - Last To Leave
Georgia Knight - Mingle
Locust Revival - Goth Sport
King Missile - Martin Scorsese
Eyes Ninety - Red Steer
Dream Poppies - It's Cool
The Prize - From The Night
The Double Happiness - Lust In Space
Quality Used Cars - You Can't Please Everybody All Of The Time
WE ALL WANT TO - Cotton
Teenage Fanclub - Neil Jung
People Mover - Bide Time
Keep on Dancin's - Eraser
Broken Social Scene - Lovers Spit
Nice Biscuit - SOS
CONCRETE SURFERS - Fallout
Cable Ties - Say What You Mean
The Nation Blue - Hit By Lightning
Making - Amazon
PVT - Homosapien
Teens - Bad Breeding

09/09/2025

Many thanks to Toby Martin from Youth Group for the chats.

10/09/2025
Quality Used Cars - Can Of Worms
Feeding Fauna - House Party
The Prize - From The Night
Shepparton Airplane - Hell No
dust - Alastair
Nine Inch Nails - Beside You In Time
La Dispute - I Shaved My Head
Baptism of U*i - Surfing (With An Alien)
The Valery Trails - You Spin
The Media - Top Shelf
Bleak Squad - Let Go Of Love
Emily Ulman - Severe Clear
Orcutt Shelley Miller - A Star Is Born
Georgia Knight - Mingle
Keep on Dancin's - Eraser
Ancient Channels - Wave After Wave
Teens - Like An Animal
LEAKER - Eyes
Sun Run - Gutted
The Unknowns - All Grown Up
People Mover - James St
1 800 MIKEY - Lost In Translation
Eddy current suppression ring - Wrapped Up
Sachet - The Source
The Double Happiness - Message Strange Phone
Youth Group - Siberia
Platonic S*x - Undoes
The Rentals - Friends Of P.
Grandaddy - A.M. 180 info
The KT26ers - I Wanna Rock
mclusky - Not All Steeplejacks
Stereolab - Vermona F Transistor

02/09/2025

Many thanks to Crystal from Phoebe Rings for the chats.

03/09/2025
Quality Used Cars - Can Of Worms
The Melancholics - The Things That They Say About You
The Holy Rollercoasters - Let Me Know
The Deep Sigh - Come Back Home
Mt. Nadir - Clandestine
Fault - Nobody's Love
People Mover - Cane Trash
Platonic S*x - Undoes
Romanie - When Will We Lose Hope
The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie
LEAKER - Spinemelter
Whoroboros - Binge
Mastodon - Divinations
Teens - Like An Animal
Autolux - Plantlife
The Valery Trails - First Kiss
Super Hotel - Shaq Attack
Mana Pools - Idle Thoughts
Screamfeeder - Tomorrow Never Knows
Soulwax - New Earth Time
Lunar Dirt - Peace Of The Void
The Double Happiness - The Shift
Bleak Squad - Let Go Of Love
Keep on Dancin's - Eraser
Protomartyr - My Children
Last Quokka - Save Our Pubs
Davey Lane - Saint Me
Electric Prawns 2 - Bop It
Dumb Things - Instant Coffee
Ella Ion - Mess In Your Eyes
Phoebe Rings - Get Up
The Pharcyde - Runnin' info
Way Dynamic - I Was The Dancer
John Fogerty - Born On The Bayou (John's Version)
Feeding Fauna - House Party
KNEE - Hellbound
Pulp - This Is Hardcore

26/08/2025

Many thanks to Ben and Matt from KNAW and Davey Lane for the chats this morning.

27/08/2025
Cedarsmoke - Picasso Blue
Big Dead - Monochrome
Wednesday - Bitter Everyday
People Mover - Cane Trash
Hott S*xx - MC Drunk
The Reindeer Section - Your Sweet Voice
The Unknowns - Hold My Shadow
Whoroboros - Slaughter Line
iiwii - Grawlix
LEAKER - Wrong
Super Hotel - Shaq Attack
The Belair Lip Bombs - Hey You
The Deep Sigh - Free Your Mind
Bleak Squad - Safe As Houses
Way Dynamic - Miffed It
Mana Pools - Idle Thoughts
Promaja - Cinematic TV Static
The Vovos - What?
The Double Happiness - Omnibus
The Holy Rollercoasters - When I Drink I Get Drunk
John Lee Spider - Safety Last
Knaw - Word Is Bond
The Valery Trails - Universe
PARTY DOZEN - The Great Ape
Phoebe Rings - Aseurai
Teens - Like An Animal
The Vasco Era - Everybody's Talking About It
Silver Fleet Ships - Do Nothin'
Platonic S*x - Easy
bar italia - Fundraiser
Deftones - Locked Club
Lifeguard - Under Your Reach
Eddy current suppression ring - Shapes And Forms
Davey Lane - He's A DJ

19/08/2025

Many thanks to Hamish from Cordrazine and Kristin from The Double Happiness for the chats this morning.

20/08/2025
Western Freeway - Ferris
iiwii - Grawlix
LEAKER - Wrong
Knaw - Variations On A Theme
The Lemonheads - The Key Of Victory
The Empty Threats - Bus Stop
Special Features - Chest
The Belair Lip Bombs - Hey You
These New South Whales - Instinct
Devo - Freedom Of Choice
Cedarsmoke - Picasso Blue
Quality Used Cars - I Wish I'd Never Been To Bloody Memphis
Davey Lane - Over, Over & Out
Michael Beach - Sick Century
Dallas Crane - Trouble Knows My Name
Jim White - Inner Day
Moderate Lovers - Lucy's Gardening Again
Merpire - Canine
The Holy Rollercoasters - Brownsville
Cookin On 3 Burners - Black Stick
Cordrazine - Smalltown Boy
Bleak Squad - Blue Signs
Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy
Mana Pools - Idle Thoughts
The Vovos - What?
The Double Happiness - Omnibus
Hott S*xx - MC Drunk
KNEE - Hellbound
Metho - Sunk Cost
Kids Of Zoo - Clean Shave
The Valery Trails - Universe
People Mover - Cane Trash
Deftones - Milk Of The Madonna

Quite simply, it's a show filled with a lot of useless knowledge. Did you know that ladybugs shoot acid through their knees or that Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves? No? Well listen in to Unnecessary Knowledge and you'll hear a bucket load....

12/08/2025

HAPPY RADIOTHON 2025!
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13/08/2025
Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day (the first song I heard on 4ZZZ in 1993 on Phat Tape)
Waikiki - New Technology (the first prize I won as a subscriber in 2002)
AdelePickvance & The Chandeliers - Birds!
BARGE with an antenna on it - New Land Old Sun
No Sister - Portait In A Rearview Mirror
i heart hiroshima - Wires
Babaganoüj - Do Rite With Me Tonite
Blank Realm - Acting Strange
Cannon - Girls
Clever - Your Eyesore's Sweat
Edward Guglielmino - Fail With Me
The Blankettes - Wide Brown Land
Do The Robot - Birthday
Dreamtime - The Road
The Rational Academy - 2004
DEAFCULT - Akira
DZ Deathrays - Blue Blood
No Anchor - Slack Sabbath
KITCHEN'S FLOOR - Down
Dumb Things - Dead Leg
Dollar Bar - State Of Decay
Extrafoxx - Lisa Needs Braces
Giants Of Science - I Got It
Violent Soho - OK Cathedral

4ZZZ Community Radio Brisbane

05/08/2025

Handclaps, Tambourines, and Backing Vox are the ingredients for a classic pop song.

06/08/2025
The RandomiZZZed Experience - 50 Years Of Zed (and We're Not Dead)
The Melancholics - Dash 8
Ghost Mutt - Crush
The Deep Sigh - Free Your Mind
S L O W C U T - Martyred
Placement - This Week
Super Hotel - Shaq Attack
Michael Beach - No One Know Any Better
The Unknowns - I Know That You Know
RMFC - Ecstatic Strife
KNEE - Hellbound
The Mess Hall - Bell
Beastie Boys - Ch-Check It Out
Mana Pools - Black And White
Platonic S*x - Face To The Flywire
Bloc Party - Positive Tension
The Holy Rollercoasters - Down And Dirty
Screamfeeder - Domino
Vegas Kings - I Got This Thing
Metho - Tech Heavy
The Double Happiness - Sister Bertrille
Quality Used Cars - You Can't Please Everybody All Of The Time
Bleak Squad - Strange Love
HITS - Names Of The Deceased
Evil Dick Industries - Little By Little
Velociraptor - Timebong
Best Coast - Boyfriend
Fabulous Dreams - Measured By Mess

22/07/2025

Thanks to Gareth from TFS Band for the chats.
RIP the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne.

23/07/2025
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Feral Fatigue - All The Parties We Could Make Happen
S L O W C U T - Threaded
Deftones - My Mind Is A Mountain
BIG NOTER - Talk Straight
TAWNY HAWK - Play
Denzel Kennedy - Innalude
Halfway - Lost By Design
Mt. Nadir - Ocean, Moon & Sun
Quality Used Cars - You Can't Please Everybody All Of The Time
Eddy current suppression ring - Shapes And Forms
The Vasco Era - I Don't Mind
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - My Baby
Loose Tooth - Buy Into Something
BS 2000 - The Side To Side
The Valery Trails - First Kiss
Fabulous Dreams - Measured By Mess
Built to Spill - I Would Hurt A Fly
Kraftwerk - Tour de France
The Hives - Die, All Right!
People Mover - Habit
Bleak Squad - Strange Love
Platonic S*x - Face To The Flywire
Dallas Crane - Wannabe
The Double Happiness - Sister Bertrille
01 Thurman - Little League
Michael Beach - I'm Gonna Need Ya
Tropical F**k Storm TFS- Bloodsport
Placement - New Disease
Metho - Pressure Cooker
R.M.F.C. - Ecstatic Strife
Ed Kuepper with Jim White - Swing For The Crime
Datura4 - Demon Blues
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Quite simply, it's a show filled with a lot of useless knowledge. Did you know that ladybugs shoot acid through their knees or that Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves? No? Well listen in to Unnecessary Knowledge and you'll hear a bucket load....

15/07/2025

Stay warm out there listeners!
Thanks for tuning in.

16/07/2025
Nunchukka Superfly - Bleary Eyed
Allah-Las - Countryman '82
Casual Wrecks - Say Something
Western Freeway - Shout
Shepparton Airplane - Stereo Youth
The Beths - No Joy
Sunbeam Sound Machine - Waterfall (Strange Gravity)
Silver Fleet Ships - Gemini
CAKE - It's Coming Down
Halfway - Ruby, The Stage
The Vasco Era - I Don't Mind
The Shins - Turn On Me
Placement - Sought Out The Night
The Holy Rollercoasters - Hair
The Budos Band - Night Raid
Brown Spirits - Magnetic Fields
Eyes Ninety - (Another Series Of) Useless Interactions
Arugula - Vanilla Bean
Butterfingers - Jesus I Was Evil
Screamfeeder - Dart
Regurgitator - Happiness
The Hives - Legalize Living
The Nation Blue - We Lost Everything
Solo Career - Spring Drills
Nun - Uri Geller
Deftones - My Mind Is A Mountain
Eddy current suppression ring - Shapes And Forms
DVD - I Want
People Mover - Habit
Platonic S*x - Impress You
The Kinder Rox - S Says North
Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker
Cave - WUJ
Greg Brady and the Anchors - Little Things
Relay Tapes - Violets
Special Features - Che Guevara T-Shirt
Last Quokka - Save Our Pubs

08/07/2025

Many thanks to Andrew (Andy) Cox from The Fauves for the chats.
Go and hug a friend today, it'll be the best thing you do all day.

09/07/2025
Casual Wrecks - Say Something
Shugorei - The Charm (feat. Shem Allen & Karin Schaupp)
The Deep Sigh - Greatest Dreams
Halfway - The Palace
The Holy Rollercoasters - Hair
Big Special - The Mess
Wire - Mannequin
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - It's All Blue
British India - The Gospel Of Luke
Worm Girlz - Get Ugly
Placement - Wardrobe
Shepparton Airplane - Stereo Youth
The Beths - No Joy
Bleak Squad - Everything Must Change
The Electorate - Don't Go Out
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Prodigy - Climbatize
TFS - Teeth Marche
CIV1C - The Hogg
Loose Tooth - Buy Into Something
Horsegirl - Switch Over
Dumb Things - Windows And Doors
FOAM - I Could Milk Myself
MINERS - Why Can't I
Girl and Girl - Dance Now
DVD - All Worthwhile
Vegas Kings - Fade Away
SixFtHick - Hot Chicken Hero
The Fauves - Un-Australians
Gerling - Ghost Patrol
Olivia's World - Sourgum
Velociraptor - Timebong
Seaplane - The Soiree
Scul Hazzards - Casualties
Devo - Jocko Homo

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01/07/2025

Many thanks to John from Halfway for the chats and the recommendations from you all on 'dual-drummer' bands!

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02/07/2025
Worm Girlz - Get Ugly
Tropical F**k Storm - Irukandji Syndrome
Tomorrow’s Forecast - Ribbons
The B-52's - 6060-842
Mt. Nadir - Ocean, Moon & Sun
Casual Wrecks - The Weather
The Valery Trails - Everything Is Temporary
The Black Keys - 10 A.M. Automatic
Charles Bradley - Stay Away (Nirvana cover)
The Deep Sigh - Greatest Dreams
Lifeguard - A Tightwire
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound
Butter 08 - Degobrah
Spacerhead - Apparent Squares
HiddenCycles - Nest Of Rats
Placement - Spooky Jangle
Dry Cleaning - Gary Ashby
Drop City - Setting Sun
my bloody valentine - Only Shallow
Shepparton Airplane - Stereo Youth
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Halfway - Matches
Pavement - Fight This Generation
Parquet Courts - Almost Had To Start A Fight / In And Out Of Patience
Local Authority - Hang The World
Bugs - In The Middle (Of It)
Nova Scotia - Last Boy Band
Pollen - Sin As Fast As You Can
Fugazi - Ex-Spectator
Special Features - Che Guevara T-Shirt
Vi**ra Boys - Uno 2
TURNSTILE - Birds
iiwii - Attack Retreat
01 Thurman - Horrors
The Empty Threats - Phone Call
The Saints '73-'78 - (I'm) Misunderstood (Live)

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